I’ve been in an interesting discussion of religion on Twitter today. Since I was already planning a post on “Superstition, Mythology, Faith and Religion”, I’ve also queued up a post on “Religion and Violence”. Another upcoming topic will be an analysis of (or probably, rebuttal to) Wodarz and Komarova’s “Dependence of the Firearm-Related Homicide Rate …
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Reasonable Faith: Pascal’s Wager
This post is inspired by Dr. William L. Craig’s explaination of Pascal’s Wager on his website. I have only recently discovered Dr. Craig’s writings and, while not usually a fan of Evangelical Churches, Dr. Lane appears to be an excellent logician. I did have a point to make about this argument in particular however. From …
Penn, Science and Religion
“If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a …
“Social Gospel”
Before I begin this entry, I must mention that, while I was considering what to say, I passed an inmate on the telephone… teaching his child the Lord’s Prayer. Today is 21 Dec, 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. Reflecting on the end of the world, I have chosen for today’s topic the so-called …
Thoughts on Water-Walking…
I was thinking today about my Confirmation into the Episcopal Communion in 2010. The reading that the Bishop gave during the service was Matthew 14:22-33, the episode of the Messiah walking on water. I was struck at the time, and continue to be struck, by how very differently the Bishop and I read that passage. …
A Thought Experiment
Imagine that Mr. Aoi, a former community college teacher of Arbitrary Taxonomy, has just written a book (“The Color-Blind Paintingmaker”) alleging that the color “red” does not exist. Rather, it is a culturally-reinforced mass delusion, probably (according to Mr. Aoi) originating in man’s primitive desire to glorify warfare and violent sexual conquest by romanticizing blood, …
My Thoughts on Proposition 8
A certain segment of society would have you believe that Proposition 8 discriminates against homosexuals by denying them the right of marriage, and that it was created and forced onto the public by gay-hating Christians. I have some thoughts on this matter: 1. Proposition 8 does not prevent homosexual people from getting married. It bans …
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